NASA Astronaut Group 13

NASA's Astronaut Group 13 (the Hairballs) was announced by NASA on 17 January 1990. The group name came from its selection of a black cat as a mascot, to play against the traditional unlucky connotations of the number 13.

Pilots

• Kenneth Cockrell (5 flights)

STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist)

STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)

STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)

STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembily Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)

STS-111 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission; Launched Expedition 5)

• Eileen Collins (4 flights)

STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission; became the first female pilot of a U.S. Spacecraft)

STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-93 Columbia (Deployed Chandra X-Ray Observatory; became the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft)

STS-114 Discovery (Return to Flight)

• William G. Gregory (1 flight)

STS-67 Endeavour (2nd flight of the ASTRO telescope)

• James D. Halsell (5 flights)

STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-74 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)

STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)

STS-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)

• Charles J. Precourt (4 flights)

STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission)

STS-71 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-91 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

• Richard A. Searfoss (3 flights)

STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-90 Columbia (Science Mission)

• Terrence W. Wilcutt (4 flights)

STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-79 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-89 Endeavour (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-106 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)

Mission specialists

• Daniel W. Bursch (4 flights)

STS-51 Discovery (Launched the ACTS satellite)

STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-77 Endeavour (Spartan-207)

STS-108 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission)

ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS)

STS-111 Endeavour (The mission landed Expedition 4)

• Leroy Chiao (4 flights)

STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-72 Endeavour (Returned Japan's Space Flyer Unit)

STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3)

Soyuz TMA-5 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 10)

ISS Expedition 10 (6 month mission to the ISS)

• Michael R. Clifford (3 flights)

STS-53 Discovery (Classified DoD Mission)

STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

• Nancy J. Currie (4 flights)

STS-57 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-70 Discovery (Launched TDRS 7)

STS-88 Endeavour (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2)

STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)

• Bernard A. Harris, Jr. (2 flights)

STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission)

STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

• Susan J. Helms (5 flights)

STS-54 Endeavour (Launched TDRS 6)

STS-64 Discovery (Science Mission)

STS-78 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)

STS-102 Discovery (The mission launched Expedition 2)

ISS Expedition 2 (6 month mission to the ISS)

STS-105 Discovery (The mission landed Expedition 2)

• Thomas D. Jones (4 flights)

STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)

STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)

• William S. McArthur (4 flights)

STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-74 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3)

Soyuz TMA-7 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 12)

ISS Expedition 12 (6 month mission to the ISS; was the Expedition 12 CDR)

• James H. Newman (4 flights)

STS-51 Discovery (Launched the ACTS satellite)

STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)

STS-88 Endeavour (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2)

STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)

• Ellen Ochoa (4 flights)

STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission)

STS-66 Atlantis (Science Mission - ATLAS-03)

STS-96 Discovery (ISS Supply Mission)

STS-110 Atlantis (Launched the S0 Truss Segment)

• Ronald M. Sega (2 flights)

STS-60 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

• Donald A. Thomas (4 flights)

STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-70 Discovery (Launched TDRS 7)

STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)

STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)

• Janice E. Voss

STS-57 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)

STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)

STS-99 Endeavour (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)

References

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External links

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